July 10, 2005

A cheaper way to go to KLIA

A recent discovery leh.. can try eh .. Quite proven

Do you know that you can travel from KL Sentral to KLIA for as low as RM12.50 instead of the normal fare of RM35.00?

Can't blame you for not believing that this is possible.

A closer examination on the ERL fare structure using the link below will reveal the following weakness

Sentral(1) --> Bdr. Tasik Selatan(2) RM4.20

Sentral(1) --> Putrajaya(3) RM9.50

Sentral(1) --> Salak Tinggi(4) RM12.50

Sentral(1) --> KLIA(5) RM35.00

But

Bdr. Tasik Selatan --> Putrajaya RM5.30

Putrajaya - -> KLIA RM6.20

So to save money on fares

1. Either take the ERL to Putrajaya for RM9.50. Get down and buy another ticket from Putrajaya to KLIA for RM6.20. Total cost works out to RM15.70 instead of RM35.00

The inconvenience is having to wait for the next train for about 15 mins (peak) or 20 mins(non-peak). But the substantial saving of RM19.30 per person may be worthwhile.

Or

2. Take the Komuter to Bdr. Tasik Selatan for only RM1.00. From here take the ERL to Putrajaya for RM5.30. Get down and buy another ERL ticket to KLIA for RM6.20. The total costs add up to only RM12.50 instead of RM35.00.

This option is cheaper by RM3.20 but the additional hassle may not be worth the additional saving.

ERL is banking on the fact that despite this apparent weakness in the fare structure, nobody will take advantage of it mainly because everybody is in such a hurry nowadays!

But then who knows, with escalating prices, more people may take advantage of this in future.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

very cheem...can blog in cantonese??

this closet ah lian here dun understand leh...LOL

JesuaFreak said...

kaoz..this is engrish lehh... hwo to canto

Anonymous said...

ah lian ang mo bo hor ma..buay hiao tia si bo??whahahaha....

Unknown said...

this is really useful.. but the thought of carryin ur bags up AND down the train is not very attractive.

Thanks for sharing neway!

JesuaFreak said...

agreed that carryin ur bags is quite a hassle.. so most of the time i just pay for a NICE coach ride back to singapore.. hahaha